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Mark Pathy (born July 1969)[1] is a Canadian businessman, philanthropist and spaceflight participant. He is the CEO of Mavrik, a privately owned Canadian investment company. He is also the chairman of Stingray Group[2] and the former co-CEO of Fednav,[3] a private shipping company co-founded by his great-uncle, Ernest Pathy, who was an immigrant from Hungary.[4][5][6]

Mark Pathy
BornJuly 1969
Space career
Time in space
17 days, 1 hour and 49 minutes
MissionsSpaceX Ax1

Biography


His mother Constance was born in the Netherlands while his father, Laurence Pathy, was born in Egypt to Hungarian parents and is a close friend and former business partner of Paul Martin.[7][8] His father is also a cousin of Mariette Pathy Allen.[9]

He grew up in Montreal and attended Selwyn House School,[10] where he was classmates with politician Greg Fergus and businessmen Vincenzo Guzzo and Michael Penner.[11] He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Toronto and an MBA from INSEAD.[12]

The Pathy Family Foundation, which he serves as secretary, had more than $252 million CAD in assets as of 2018.[13] Mark Pathy and his wife Jessica recently contributed to a fundraising campaign for the Montreal Jewish General Hospital (JGH) Foundation which raised $5.5 million to date and saw the recently created Centre of Excellence in Infectious Diseases named in their honour.[14] The JGH’s Jess and Mark Pathy Centre of Excellence in Infectious Diseases focuses on advancing knowledge of antibiotics and vaccines; preventing infections; developing rapid diagnostics and mapping the molecular structure of infections.[14]


Spaceflight


In January 2021, it was announced that Pathy paid for a space tourist seat on board SpaceX Axiom Space-1 as a mission specialist alongside Larry Connor, Eytan Stibbe and Michael López-Alegría.[15] The mission launched on April 8, 2022.[16] He received his astronaut pin during the welcoming ceremony at the ISS, 584th space traveller in the world.[17] Mark Pathy paid $50 million USD for the trip.[18] He became the third Canadian private citizen, after Guy Laliberté and William Shatner, and 12th Canadian overall in space.[19] The Ax-1 mission saw Pathy take part in over a dozen research projects on board involving Canadian universities as well as the Montreal Children's Hospital Research Institute.[20]


See also


Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mark Pathy.
SpaceX Axiom Space-1 space travellers

References


  1. ltd, company check. "MR MARK LAURENCE PATHY director information. Free director information. Director id 913094478". Company Check.
  2. Praet, Nicolas Van (26 January 2021). "Montreal businessman Mark Pathy to be part of first fully private human spaceflight mission to the International Space Station". The Globe and Mail.
  3. "Fednav Limited announces leadership changes | Fednav". www.fednav.com.
  4. "Fednav celebrates its 75th anniversary". 23 October 2019.
  5. "Ladislav Pathy, 87, Is Dead; Former Business Executive (Published 1984)". The New York Times. 26 July 1984.
  6. "The Pathys took long and winding road to Montreal | TradeWinds". TradeWinds | Latest shipping and maritime news. 13 January 2000.
  7. Mercier, Noémi (13 May 2016). "Mécénat incognito". L’actualité.
  8. "Someone to watch over the federal government". The Globe and Mail. 5 December 2003.
  9. "George Pathy, Headed Top Shipping Concern (Published 1981)". The New York Times. 6 September 1981.
  10. "Old Boy plans trip to Space Station". Selwyn House School. 27 January 2021.
  11. "Selwyn House School Yearbook 1985". Selwyn House School. 1 February 1985 – via Internet Archive.
  12. "Mark L. Pathy". The Wall Street Journal.
  13. Pathy family foundation/fondation de la famille Pathy, charitydata.ca
  14. "In The News » JGH Foundation". JGH Foundation. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  15. "Axiom Space names first private crew to launch to space station". 26 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  16. Mike Wall (18 March 2022). "2 SpaceX astronaut launches to the space station delayed by a few days". Space.com. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  17. Axiom Ax-1 Crew welcomed by International Space Station Expedition 67 Crew, retrieved 25 April 2022
  18. Reynolds, Christopher (18 November 2021). "Private Canadian astronaut paying $50M to be 'lab rat' in pain experiments on space station". National Post. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  19. Robert Z. Pearlman (26 January 2021). "Axiom Space Names First Private Crew to Visit Space Station". Scientific American. SPACE.com.
  20. Reynolds, Christopher (17 November 2021). "Private Canadian astronaut gears up for 'pain' experiments in space". Montreal. Retrieved 9 February 2022.

На других языках

[de] Mark Pathy

Mark Laurence Pathy (* Juli 1969[1] in Montreal, Kanada) ist ein kanadischer Unternehmer, Philanthrop und Raumfahrer.[2][3][4][5][6]
- [en] Mark Pathy

[fr] Mark Pathy

Mark L. Pathy est un hommes d'affaires canadien. Il est président de Mavrik Corp. et président du conseil de Stingray Group, Inc.

[it] Mark Pathy

Mark Pathy (luglio 1969) è un imprenditore e astronauta canadese. Ha partecipato come turista spaziale alla missione Axiom Mission 1 di 17 giorni a bordo della Stazione spaziale internazionale tra l'8 e il 25 aprile 2022.[1]

[ru] Пати, Марк

Марк Лоуренс Пати (англ. Mark Laurence Pathy; род. в июле 1969г.) — канадский бизнесмен, филантроп, инвестор, космический турист[1][2].


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